Climate change causing significant shift in composition of coastal fish communities
Jun 27, 2008 |
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A detailed analysis of data from nearly 50 years of weekly fish-trawl surveys in Narragansett Bay and adjacent Rhode Island Sound has revealed a long-term shift in species composition, which scientists attribute primarily ...
NASA GLAST Burst Monitor Powers Up Successfully
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2008 |
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NASA’s GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM) Instrument Operations Center in Huntsville, Ala., the focal point for observing gamma ray bursts, was alive with energy as scientists gathered to witness instrument activation the evening ...
Beyond chess: Deep green models rapid change for combat commanders
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Can an artificial intelligence program anticipate military surprises? The USC Information Sciences Institute is playing a $7.6 million part in a DARPA research effort called Deep Green aimed at creating a system that can ...
Prebiotic potential of almonds
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Almonds, as well as being high in vitamin E and other minerals, are also thought to have other health benefits, such as reducing cholesterol. Recently published work by the Institute of Food Research has identified potential ...
Prebiotic potential of almonds
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Almonds, as well as being high in vitamin E and other minerals, are also thought to have other health benefits, such as reducing cholesterol. Recently published work by the Institute of Food Research has ...
Seeing Straight
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Evidence from laboratory studies and a pilot clinical trial confirms the promise of a simple treatment for amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” according to researchers from the United States and China.
Climate change causing significant shift in the species composition of coastal fish communities
Jun 27, 2008 |
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A detailed analysis of data from nearly 50 years of weekly fish-trawl surveys in Narragansett Bay and adjacent Rhode Island Sound has revealed a long-term shift in species composition, which scientists attribute primarily ...
Doctors must step up to the challenge of climate change
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Doctors must lead by example on climate change, according to experts in this week's BMJ. Health professionals were powerful catalysts in changing society's view of smoking from a normal lifestyle choice to that of a harm ...
A simple therapy for brain injury
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Severe brain injury due to blunt force trauma could be reduced by application of a simple polymer, Polyethylene glycol or PEG, mixed in sterile water and injected into the blood stream – as reported in BioMed Central's Journal of ...
NIST releases preview of much-anticipated online mathematics reference
Jun 27, 2008 |
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF). In development for over a decade, the DLMF is ...
MIT probe may help untangle cells' signaling pathways
Jun 27, 2008 |
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MIT researchers have designed a new type of probe that can image thousands of interactions between proteins inside a living cell, giving them a tool to untangle the web of signaling pathways that control most of a cell's ...
Can we have our cake and eat it — then go to the gym?
Jun 27, 2008 |
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There is compelling evidence that both obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are strong independent risk factors for premature death — but is it healthier to be obese and physically active or a healthy weight and sedentary? ...
Sudden hearing loss could indicate future stroke
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[B]American Heart Association rapid access journal report[/B] Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to ...
Should doctors be increasing their carbon footprint by flying to medical conferences?
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[B]Are international medical conferences an outdated luxury the planet can't afford?[/B] Every year thousands of doctors and scientists fly to meetings all over the world, but with climate change accelerating, can this typ ...
10 percent of healthy people in study had injury from 'silent strokes'
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A recent study found that about 10 percent of the apparently healthy middle-aged participants with no symptoms of stroke were injured from "silent strokes," researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
